Hey guys so here is the second chapter but first of all thank you for the lovely reviews. I was actually quite surprised with the reviews and also with the fact that a couple of people already have my story as their favorite and on alert. Thank you so much for taking this road with me. We're now getting into darker places but there are also some funny things. I hope you still like it!
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As soon as Edward and I finished our pie he begged me to take him to the hospital, because he didn't want to rest. At first I said no because I really wanted him to rest so he could be ready for the next day, but that moment I learned one thing about Edward Cullen: He's stubborn. So I took him with me to our so called hospital.
Angela and Ben also came to meet Edward, and they really seemed to hit of too. The next three days passed like that. We going to work together, healing people and in the evening we would come home and talk for hours. I was so happy that in those three days none of Edwards patients had died because I'm not sure how he would handle it. I know I had a hard time with it, but for now we were okay.
The fourth day Edward insisted I go home early "Come on, just go. I'll handle everything" but me being stubborn and all wouldn't have that of course "Edward we're partners. We work together and then we go home together." He pouted at me "Oh so you really want to work?" I nodded with a smile because I knew that I was winning this discussion, after some thinking he nodded with a smirk "Okay then, go home and make us some food. I call that work too" "But Edward-" I started arguing but he cut me of "Just go home women," he teased "Please for me? I'll just wrap it up here and be home in an hour." I huffed "Okay, whatever you want" I said as he laughed.
I went home and made us some nice food, knowing that he probably had missed homemade food since Angela every night just warmed up some food that was in the freezer. Who could blame her, we didn't have time to make food. After getting the food ready and table set up, I went to my room to wear something more comfortable, that's when Edward came home. "It smells delicious in here. I should send you home more often," he yelled from downstairs "Yeah sure! Tomorrow it's your turn," I yelled back and heard him laughing at my comment. I loved his laugh, it always put a smile on my face.
I went downstairs and saw him holding two bottles of wine "Where in the hell did you find that?" I asked surprised because it's the first time I saw alcohol in ten months. "Not in hell," he answered with a chuckle "a patient of mine arranged it. He brought it as a gift because I had 'healed' him." I took one of the bottles and kissed it "God bless him," I said as I opened the bottle and filled our glasses. Edward just smiled at my enthusiasm "Watch out doctor Cullen, tonight I'm getting you drunk" I said and winked at him. "We will see, doctor Swan" he said as we both took place at the table.
I watched his face as he took a bite of his food. He closed his eyes and moaned loudly which did very nice things to my body. "God Bella, this is amazing! I'm really sending you home more often now," I smiled and took a bite of my food too "I'm glad you like it, and I don't think that's a bad idea. Since you're here, I could sometimes come home earlier and make us some real food," he nodded "No offense but Angela's deepfreeze food was getting a bit too much" he said as he refilled our glasses. We were really drinking fast, a bit too fast actually.
After cleaning the table we took the bottles to the living room and placed it on the small table we had there. We had two sofa's, a small one and a larger one. I went to sit in the large one as Edward took the small radio we had and put on some music. "Some wine, some music and great company, what more can a man ask for?" he said with a content smile as he took place next to me.
"So Edward tell me about your family, you already know about mine" I asked because the night before he asked me to tell about my family, which was not interesting at all. "Hmm were to begin… Well, my mother Esme is a decorator. She has her own small firm that decorates houses, offices, etc. She really loves your job. You know she decorated all of our houses accept Alice and Jasper her house. Alice is a designer but she also loves decorating so she decorated her own house much to my mother's despise. Jasper is her husband, they're married for three years now but were together since high school,"
"How old is she?" I asked him "Alice is the youngest, she's only 23. She got married pretty early, not like Emmet. Emmet is the oldest of us three, he's 32 and thus 5 years older than me. You would think that as the oldest he would be the most adult one, but no he's totally not. He's like a child trapped it a body of a man, but you got to love him. Rosalie is Emmet's wife, the person to keep Emmet with his feet on the ground. She's a model with a serious attitude but once you get to know her, you'll really like her. Then there is Carlisle, my role model actually. He's also a doctor, the best doctor I know. As a child I would always look up at him, I wanted to be like him when I grow up," he said with a proud smile on his face.
I could clearly see that he loved his family very much "I would love to meet them one day," I said as I took the bottle to refill our glasses. "I would love that too Bella," he said as he looked up at me. Then one of my favorite songs started to play, hit the road Jack by Ray Charles. "Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more" I sang as I stood up and did some crazy moves. Edward was looking at me with a big smile,
I pulled his hand so he could dance with me "Come on this is one of my favorite songs!" I yelled. He laughed and started doing some crazy moves too. He then took one of the bottles and started singing Ray's part in a deep voice. When it was over we were both laughing hysterically and holding on to each other so we wouldn't fall over. Yep, we were already a bit tipsy. "Oh god, I haven't had that much fun in months" I said as I again went to sit on the couch.
He nodded agreeing with me and then opened the second bottle. Wait, when did we finish the first one? "So Bella, now your turn to tell. Any boyfriends or maybe girlfriends?" he joked "Yep, definitely a girlfriend," I joked back and then got serious "No, I don't have a boyfriend. I dated a couple times but didn't really found that one you know…" he nodded and came to sit next to me again as Bob Marley played on the background.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I dated a couple of times too, actually I dated a lot but it never really clicked. I would always be happy if we got to the third date which didn't happen quite often," he said with a frown "Wow, that bad?" I asked "Yeah, there was always something missing you know" I nodded understanding completely what he was talking about.
"Bella can I ask you a question?" he asked nervously "Sure thing honey" I answered with a big smile on my face, the alcohol was really getting to me. "Why did you want to come here? What is so special about Iran?" he asked. I thought about his question and then answered honestly "Two reasons actually. First it has always been my dream to come help people in countries like these, it didn't really matter if it was Iran or Iraq, I just wanted to come because these people need us. In Seattle we have enough doctors but here we don't . In Seattle we only lose one or two people a day, here we lose tons of them because of the lack of help. I felt kind of bad working in Seattle while I could be here, helping people who really need our help," he nodded with understanding, probably having the same thoughts
"And the second reason?" he asked "Well, nothing was holding me back you know. My parents are free birds that I only saw once a year, sometimes twice and I don't have that much of friends or a boyfriend that could really keep me there. To be honest I don't think even a boyfriend could keep me there," at that he chuckled "yep, you're way too stubborn" "look who's speaking" I said to him with raised eyebrows. And then a slow song started to play, we both said "Top gun" and then looked at each other. It was the song 'take my breath away'.
Edward held out his hand for me and I silently took it. We danced in utter silence letting the beautiful song consume us. It fit perfectly you know, this man really took my breath away. Before he came I was fine but since he came I couldn't even think of living in this place on my own. It was like this was meant to be.
I was having a night mare about my past, or more specifically about him. He was hurting me badly and there was no way to run, no place to hide. I couldn't find my voice to say, or to yell something. His power had consumed me. I woke up gasping for air which made roll of the couch and fell right on top of someone. "Shit" Edward cursed with a gasp and his eyes wide open. "I'm so sorry, I was having a night mare and suddenly woke up which made fall right on top of you, and then you woke up gasping and-" I was rambling when Edward covered my mouth with his hand "Bella, if you wanted to be on top of me all you had to do was ask," he said with a smirk.
I pushed him aside and stood up. "Ass hole," I muttered and then whined when I felt a sharp pain in my head. I looked around and saw the bottles of wine which were empty now. "Hung over?" he whispered as he looked at me "Hung over" I confirmed. He stood up, took the bottles and walked to the kitchen. "Make some coffee, please" I yelled to him and then groaned because of the pain, no yelling for me anymore "Don't yell Bella" he yelled back. I laughed at the irony. I really liked this crazy man.
Edward and I got ready in silence, both drank a big cup of coffee and took some Advil. We felt a bit better. We skipped breakfast and walked straight to the hospital. "Wow, you two look amazing" Angela said the moment she saw us "Sssh you're talking too loud Ang" I said as I closed my eyes. "Are you guys hung over?" she asked very amused "Yes, now shush" I said and went inside. "Hmm Edward, I think you're having a bad influence on my best friend," Angela teased "Oh no, blame her Angela. She got me drunk, I only brought the wine" he said trying to sound as serious as possible but failing his act when he saw me laughing at him.
"Hello Bella!" both Edward and I winced at Roma's greeting. "Hey Roma, where have you been these days?" I asked since I hadn't seen her since Edwards arrival. "I have been busy with Tariq," she said with a blush which meant that things had gotten better between them. When he was injured he was slightly depressed because he couldn't do anything, all he had to was rest and that caused some tension between the two of them.
I smiled and squeezed her hand "I'm glad everything is going well between the two of you," she nodded with a smile "Oh sorry Edward" I said because I forgot to introduce them "Roma this is Edward, the new doctor. Edward this is Roma, a good friend of mine. The one that made the great pie," I said as they shook hands "Nice to meet you Roma and you're a great cook, I loved your pie!" Edward said with a big smile. "Great then you will love the food I brought. I made some lunch" she said as she handed me and Angela a plate.
We both thanked her "Ben will love it Roma, thank you so much" Angela said. "I love to cook for you guys, you know that. Anyway, I need to get going. I promised I would bring Tariq some lunch too" She said as she started walking to the door "Say hi to Tariq from us" I said as Angela nodded. "Will do," she said and left.
"How come that she speaks English so well?" asked Edward "She's the town teacher. She learned English when she was a child. She only stayed here because of Tariq, her husband otherwise she would have gone to London, her dream city" I explained. "Why don't they move to London then?" "Because Tariq doesn't want to leave. He won't be able to live somewhere else," Angela answered and I nodded agreeing with her. "Too bad for her," Edward said with a frown "Anyway I'm going to start on my rounds," Edward said and asked if I was coming too.
"Uh Bella can you stay here for a second, I want to ask something," Edward understood that this was something private and left the room. "Can you do that check-up now, I want to be 100% sure that I'm pregnant" Angela said as I mentally slapped myself, I had totally forgotten it. "Sorry, I totally forgot. Come on I'll do it now". After doing the check-up Angela looked nervously at me "And?" she asked.
I couldn't keep the grin of my face and hugged her "You're going to be a mommy!" I cried and then winced, this headache was really killing but I didn't care at the moment, my best friend was pregnant! "Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Angela screamed as she hugged me tightly. Edward ran in looking very panicked "Are you guys ok?" Angela and I looked at each other and started giggling "Yes Edward, were absolutely fine!" I answered. Edward looked at us like we had grown three heads and then shrugged and left the room.
Edward and I both did our rounds and then went home to have the lunch Roma brought us. "The next time you're getting me drunk, let me now" he joked, "Hey, first of all you were the one who brought the wine and secondly I did tell you that I was going to get you drunk" I teased back. "I did have a great night you know. It was nice to have some fun after working so much" I told him meaning every single word I said "Yeah me too, and I'm really happy to be here too because not only is my dream coming true too but I also got the opportunity to work with you," he said with feeling in his voice.
The conversation was becoming a bit too serious so I decided to tease him " and to get drunk" he laughed at my answer and confirmed it "yeah, and to get drunk". Suddenly someone banged on our door "Doctor Bella!" I recognized Roma's voice, she sounded in panic so something must be wrong. Edward and I both ran to the door a bit panicked too. When I opened the door I noticed Roma was crying and breathing heavily probably because she ran to our house "Roma, take a deep breath and relax" I said so she could tell us what was going on.
She started taking deep breaths which calmed her a bit "Good girl, now tell me what's wrong?" I asked her "You have to come immediately! People are dying" she cried. "But why? Was there an attack?" Edward asked trying to stay calm "Yes, an attack. There was an attack, a big attack. They are bringing everyone to the hospital now" Roma said as she started sobbing again "Okay Roma, we will take care of that. You just go home and don't go outside. Take deep breaths and try to relax," I said and gave her a hug. She nodded and then ran away.
Edward and I ran to the hospital and saw that things were really crazy in there. People were running, crying, some were yelling for help. We started with the patients who had the worst injuries. We were busy for hours trying to save each patient. I had already lost three patients because there wounds were just too bad, it was impossible for them to survive.
I stayed focused on my job and didn't let the pain get to me. The pain of losing someone is something you really never get over. Edward was actually doing a great job, he stayed calm all the while and worked as fast and as good as possible. To me it seemed like he was doing it way more better than me. After exactly three hours we were almost finished when they brought a patient with serious injuries.
I needed Edward to help me because otherwise we would lose him too. I looked for him and saw him giving CPR to a small girl. "Come on breath!" he yelled as he tried harder. I checked the girls pulse and find out that the girl was already dead. "Edward let go of her, she's not with us anymore" I said as I placed my hand on his hand. He pushed it away "No, no she's not dead," he shook his head not accepting it and trying harder to get her to breath "please" he whispered. I took a deep breath and then pulled him away from the girl.
"I need your help with a patient over there Edward. If you don't come now, he will die too. It's too late we can't save her anymore," I whispered the last part as I looked him in the eye. He nodded and then followed me. We had saved our last patient thank god, I don't think we both could have handled losing him too. That night after doing an extra round we went home exhausted. Edward didn't say a word the whole time. He just went to his room as soon as we were home.
I let him be alone for some time and took a shower. After getting dressed I decided to check on Edward and found him sitting in a corner of his room. He was crying silently. It broke my heart to see him like that. I took him in my arms and let him cry silently "Shhh, you're okay. You did what you had to do" at that he started sobbing so hard that his whole body was shaking. I held him closer to me as my own tears fell too.
